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Issue: Mad #160
Publication Date: July 1973
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Issues: #160 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
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Content Items: 20 (13 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color (#1-23, 400-550); color cover with black & white interior (#24-399)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-23); magazine size (#24 onward)
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; William Conrad [as Frank Cannon]
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First Line: Down with relevance!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Mad Special #10.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Jim FLax, Carl Fazzari, Lisa Gray, Phyllis Blattstein, Zoe Waldron, The Rev. Wm. Sorrells, Emory Damron, Mrs. Bishop, Nora Chirmak, J.B. Post, Kenneth Mikulina, Pam Millick, Bill Foster, Keith McNevins, Robert J. Braden, Maureen McCaffrey, Les Abromovitz, Samuel French, Inc. and actor Peter Falk ("as Columbo"), accompanied by photo, commenting on the parody Mad did of "Columbo". Includes house ads for subscriptions and paperback books.
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Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dr. Rex Morgan; Trixie Flagston; Lois Flagston; Dagwood Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Olive Oyl; Popeye; Mary Worth; Brenda Starr; Scamp; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Andy Capp; Charlie Brown; Maggie; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Word balloons are given specific silhouette shapes to convey a non-verbal message.
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
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Cannonball

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Fat's on the Fire Dept.
Character(s): William Conrad [as Frank Cannonball]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "Cannon," a private detective is given a case to solve, if he can stop eating long enough to solve it.
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Distinctive Wedding Announcements

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ball-and-Chain Letters Dept.
Synopsis: Wedding announcements geared to very specific demographics.
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One Day in the North Woods

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two lumberjacks drop their trees in the wrong spots.
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The Lighter Side of... Leisure Time

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satirical look at how Americans spend their down time.
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A Mad Look at Sheet Music

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): One Picture Is Worth 1000 Words & Music Dept.
Character(s): John Lindsey; Aristotle Onassis; Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis; Howard Cosell; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Sheet music covers are given photos that make the song titles into ironic statements.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy thinks he's defused the Black Spy's booby trap but the firecracker holds a lion.
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Mad's Corporate Ecologist of the Year

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Environmentally Disturbed Dept.
Synopsis: Mad interviews the head of a corporation lauded for its pro-ecology efforts.
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A High School Yearbook That Tells It Like It Really Is

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Schoolduggery Dept.
Synopsis: A yearbook from a less-than-stellar inner city high school that doesn't hide the warts.
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A Mad Look at Weddings

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Wed Menace Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of embarrassing or unusual incidents at wedding ceremonies.
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One Day with a Wishbone

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two people get their wish from a single wishbone.
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Going Thy Way

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sing, You Sinners Dept.
Character(s): Barry Fitzgerald [as Father McFitzpatrick]; Bing Crosby [as Father O'Irish]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Going My Way," a traditional Catholic priest has a clash of styles with a new priest with more contemporary values.
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Going Way Out

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sin, You Swingers Dept.
Character(s): Bing Crosby [as Father O'Irish]; Donald Sutherland [as Father Kowalski]
Synopsis: Parody sequel to "Going My Way", in which Father O'Irish, now in his sixties, is paired with a younger priest with contemporary seventies values.
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Which of Nature's Ravages Continues To Defy Modern Technology?

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Some things in life are eternal.
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Keep America Beautiful

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Mount Rushmore is covered in spray paint graffiti.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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